Solving Equipment & Vehicle Challenges Quickly & Safely Presenter: Diane Clinkscales
Head Start and preschool transporters have enough on their plates with day-to-day operations that understanding equipment management priorities set forth by the Office of Head Start can be difficult to comprehend.
Federal Funding Sources for Training Presenter: Bill Buchanan Transportation resources on the Early Childhood Learning & Transportation resources are just a click away. We will explore electronic access to multiple state and national resources, and invite you to share networking tips to support Head Start transportation services nationwide.
What Should a Special Needs Training Program for Head Start Look Like? Presenter: Cheryl Wolf
Pick Up, Drop Off Tracking & Routing for Head Start Services Presenter: Barbara Lancaster This workshop will take you through the transportation portion of the daily life of a Head Start student. You will gain insight into best practice for insuring student safety and security during the critical transition periods while transporting Head Start students from home to school and school to home. What do your drivers do if a Head Start student isn’t met at the bus stop? How do you handle staying compliant while being short staffed? Are you bound by other grade level schedules? This workshop will be presented in a collaborative setting to encourage sharing ideas and solutions for complying with Federal mandates driving transportation of students in the Head Start programs.
Trapped in the Service Door: Dragging Incidents & Prevention Strategies Presenter: Kathleen Furneaux
This workshop will address the recent trend during the last decade, in which we have documented nearly 30 instances where students were dragged by their buses in the entrance door. Items discussed focus on the loading and unloading process, student behavior management and other distractions.
Computing Vehicle Costs for Head Start Operations Presenter: Diane Clinkscales
Head Start standards require school bus purchasing and operational costs to be a part of an agency’s overall compliance. Learn from a transportation and facilities supervisor how to wrap your head around this data to improve your organization’s bottom line while also ensuring child safety.
Transportation Safety Programs for Students & Parents Presenter: Sunny Chun
The bus ride for Head Start or preschool students can be not only a culture shock for new students but also their parents. This session will discuss the differences and challenges that students, parents and transporters face when implementing transportation and teaching bus safety rules.
With the Head Start rule requiring that at least 10 percent of Head Start enrollment have disabilities, what are transporters to do if they have zero experience with special needs students but suddenly find themselves providing service? Gain expert insight from a special needs transportation expert.
Defusing Violence Among Young Children on the Bus Presenter: Kathleen Furneaux
This informative workshop looks at potential origins of violent behavior in young children, in an attempt to help us understand how to defuse it on our school buses. Filled with insights and tips for your drivers as they transport these volatile little riders.
Head Start Driver Health & Wellness Programs Presenter: Libby Brown
Head Start standards are placing more emphasis on physically fit drivers who are able to perform the basic job functions of transportation. Learn what this means for your operation from an agency that implemented a program that champions employee fitness.
MANAGEMENT
Special Education Burnout: Minimizing Impacts on Service and Expectations Presenter: Debbie Rike Working day-in and day-out with disabled students can be one of the most rewarding jobs there is — and one of the most challenging, frustrating and draining. Learn tips from a current transportation director and a former special education teacher and supervisor for 19 years on coping mechanisms to help you provide the best service possible to students as well as their parents.
Exercising Your Procedural Safeguards Presenter: Linda Bluth, Ed.D.
This session delves into the handling of complaints that arise within the procedural safeguards guaranteed in the IDEA. You’ll hear how outcomes that are based on the decisions often have unintended consequences at the expense of transportation and special education departments. Strategies for making sure you’re at the table are an important part of this session. Scenarios will facilitate critical thinking.
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